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Title Flood Watch
Created 11/24/2010 3:19:00 AM
Refreshed 11/24/2010 8:22:40 AM
Effective 11/24/2010 3:19:00 AM
Expires 11/25/2010 7:00:00 PM
status Actual
Type Alert
Scope Public
Category Met
Event Flood Watch
Urgency Future
Severity Moderate
Certainty Possible
Publisher NWS Indianapolis (Central Indiana)
Description
...AREAL FLOODING A THREAT TONIGHT THROUGH THANKSGIVING...

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM ARRIVING TODAY WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAINFALL TO CENTRAL INDIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS COULD CAUSE AREAL FLOODING OVER URBAN AREAS...ROADWAYS...AND ALSO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARTHOLOMEW...BROWN...CLAY...DAVIESS...DECATUR... GREENE...HANCOCK...HENDRICKS...HENRY...JACKSON...JENNINGS... JOHNSON...KNOX...LAWRENCE...MARION...MARTIN...MONROE... MORGAN...OWEN...PARKE...PUTNAM...RUSH...SHELBY...SULLIVAN... VERMILLION AND VIGO.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 4 INCHES MAY BE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE GROUND IS FAIRLY DRY AND SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE AREAL FLOODING.

* THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS WITH FLOODING OF MAJOR ROADWAYS AND IN URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

Instructions
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP